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What is Staphylococcus aureus?
Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to simply as "staph," are bacteria commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people. Occasionally, staph can cause an infection; staph bacteria are one of the most common causes of skin infections in the United States. Most of these infections are minor (such as pimples and boils) and most can be treated without antibiotics (also known as antimicrobials or antibacterials). However, staph bacteria can also cause serious infections (such as surgical wound infections and pneumonia). In the past, most serious staph bacteria infections were treated with a certain type of antibiotic related to penicillin. Over the past 50 years, treatment of these infections has become more difficult because staph bacteria have become resistant to various antibiotics, including the commonly used penicillin-related antibiotics (1). These resistant bacteria are called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
This group has been started not only for support of people with MRSA and their families, but as a way to share information about treatment. It seems to us that there is a general lack of knowledge in society and within the medical community about MRSA as a whole, how is is contracted and how to treat it. Only when we start to learn more about it can we completely stop the new outbreaks and go back to living normal lives.
So here we go. Please feel free to post. MRSA is a lonley illness only because not much is known about it in the community, and therefore those who have it feel as though they can't discuss it. But here we are not alone. Lets help each other and maybe even start others on the path for a cure.
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Tumeric root & a few suggestions
Hi everyone, I have been using tumeric root and I'm feeling much better. I found mine at an indian market because its hard to find this elesewhere. I grate
Posted - Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:42 pm
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jeaninethomas2000
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... Antibiotics (ABx) do not promote health but can be life-saving. Long term ABx use is most definitely not good for you and can cause permanent damage and
Posted - Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:27 am
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Posted - Wed Aug 5, 2009 2:26 am
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Carrie Perez
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Re: I have a new questio
Is staying on an antbiotic good or bad. Just curiow. I know you can become resistance that way but why don't the doctors keep mrsa patients on antibiotics
Posted - Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:22 am
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